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Would it be better to wait a few months or years for the
religious fanatics to have a dozen or even hundred nuclear weapons and the missiles needed to strike 1,000 miles or more? Almost all of Europe would be targeted and then the world could have a two-sided nuclear war. France, Italy, Germany, Russia, and Israel would all be attacked. The USA might be safe from direct missile attack, but if you know what will happen, why wait for the final step? We can use conventional bombs, but we also need to be sure that the underground factories are destroyed and they were designed to be hardened, nukes will do the job. -- James H. Macklin ATP,CFI,A&P -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. some support http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties. "Bob Fry" wrote in message ... | "JM" == Jim Macklin writes: | JM second | JM nuke IRAN | | Ahh, the US's third world (aka Kansas, Oklahoma, and the South) | solution to everything: nuke 'em! |
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![]() Jim Macklin wrote: Would it be better to wait a few months or years for the religious fanatics to have a dozen or even hundred nuclear weapons and the missiles needed to strike 1,000 miles or more? Almost all of Europe would be targeted and then the world could have a two-sided nuclear war. France, Italy, Germany, Russia, and Israel would all be attacked. The USA might be safe from direct missile attack, but if you know what will happen, why wait for the final step? We can use conventional bombs, but we also need to be sure that the underground factories are destroyed and they were designed to be hardened, nukes will do the job. So what? Everytime someone else figures out how to construct a nuclear bomb you attack them? Look it's not really groundbreaking technology anymore to make a fission bomb. The hardest part is to enrich the uranium (because it's a complicated process that requires a lot of advanced chemistry and centrifuge technology,, not to mention a lot of uranium ore) or the other alternative is to use plutonium (requires a more complicated bomb design due to unwanted Pu-240), or maybe even thorium. Plutonium, as a Doc said, is a little harder to come by if you don't have your own reactor. But basically if you have enough U-235, all you need to do is construct a conventional explosive device to smash two sufficiently sized balls of uranium together, and presto! You have an a-bomb. There's god-knows how much Soviet weapons grade material that nobody knows what happened to floating around as well, so that takes care of your enrichening problem. If you're going to attack everyone who figures this out (no matter how crazy they may want to be) you're going to be very very busy for a long time. And how do you know where all of these supposed factories are? What do you do when they are beneath apartment buildings or schools or hospitals? And if you start bombing around, don't forget to duck when the mail comes in back home. One person's religious fanatic is another person's leader. |
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Taylor wrote:
time. And how do you know where all of these supposed factories are? oh, that one's easy: you just rely on the info from the same intelligence agencies that found the WMD in Iraq. They are real good at this kind of things. Anyway, anyone who thinks the 'Iran' problem has anything to do with them bragging about nukes is a tad naive; they are doing something far worse than that, and that's what is going to get them bombed: they are about to start trading oil in euros instead of dollars. --Sylvain |
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![]() "Sylvain" wrote in message ... Anyway, anyone who thinks the 'Iran' problem has anything to do with them bragging about nukes is a tad naive; they are doing something far worse than that, and that's what is going to get them bombed: they are about to start trading oil in euros instead of dollars. --Sylvain Bingo |
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![]() "Private" wrote in message news:IE55g.95155$WI1.2193@pd7tw2no... "Sylvain" wrote in message ... Anyway, anyone who thinks the 'Iran' problem has anything to do with them bragging about nukes is a tad naive; they are doing something far worse than that, and that's what is going to get them bombed: they are about to start trading oil in euros instead of dollars. --Sylvain Bingo Yeah...let's cause hyperinflation of the Euro. Between that and their overburdened welfare states, we can put the last nail in the European coffin. |
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Iran is run by lunatics and they are threatening to blow up
the world while they are actively enriching uranium ore. Why wait longer? "Taylor" wrote in message ... | | | Jim Macklin wrote: | | Would it be better to wait a few months or years for the | religious fanatics to have a dozen or even hundred nuclear | weapons and the missiles needed to strike 1,000 miles or | more? Almost all of Europe would be targeted and then the | world could have a two-sided nuclear war. France, Italy, | Germany, Russia, and Israel would all be attacked. The USA | might be safe from direct missile attack, but if you know | what will happen, why wait for the final step? | | We can use conventional bombs, but we also need to be sure | that the underground factories are destroyed and they were | designed to be hardened, nukes will do the job. | | So what? Everytime someone else figures out how to construct a nuclear | bomb you attack them? Look it's not really groundbreaking technology | anymore to make a fission bomb. The hardest part is to enrich the | uranium (because it's a complicated process that requires a lot of | advanced chemistry and centrifuge technology,, not to mention a lot of | uranium ore) or the other alternative is to use plutonium (requires a | more complicated bomb design due to unwanted Pu-240), or maybe even | thorium. Plutonium, as a Doc said, is a little harder to come by if you | don't have your own reactor. But basically if you have enough U-235, | all you need to do is construct a conventional explosive device to smash | two sufficiently sized balls of uranium together, and presto! You have | an a-bomb. There's god-knows how much Soviet weapons grade material | that nobody knows what happened to floating around as well, so that | takes care of your enrichening problem. | | If you're going to attack everyone who figures this out (no matter how | crazy they may want to be) you're going to be very very busy for a long | time. And how do you know where all of these supposed factories are? | What do you do when they are beneath apartment buildings or schools or | hospitals? And if you start bombing around, don't forget to duck when | the mail comes in back home. | | One person's religious fanatic is another person's leader. | | | | | | |
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![]() Jim Macklin wrote: Iran is run by lunatics and they are threatening to blow up the world while they are actively enriching uranium ore. Why wait longer? "Taylor" wrote in message ... | | | Jim Macklin wrote: | | Would it be better to wait a few months or years for the | religious fanatics to have a dozen or even hundred nuclear | weapons and the missiles needed to strike 1,000 miles or | more? Almost all of Europe would be targeted and then the | world could have a two-sided nuclear war. France, Italy, | Germany, Russia, and Israel would all be attacked. The USA | might be safe from direct missile attack, but if you know | what will happen, why wait for the final step? | | We can use conventional bombs, but we also need to be sure | that the underground factories are destroyed and they were | designed to be hardened, nukes will do the job. | | So what? Everytime someone else figures out how to construct a nuclear | bomb you attack them? Look it's not really groundbreaking technology | anymore to make a fission bomb. The hardest part is to enrich the | uranium (because it's a complicated process that requires a lot of | advanced chemistry and centrifuge technology,, not to mention a lot of | uranium ore) or the other alternative is to use plutonium (requires a | more complicated bomb design due to unwanted Pu-240), or maybe even | thorium. Plutonium, as a Doc said, is a little harder to come by if you | don't have your own reactor. But basically if you have enough U-235, | all you need to do is construct a conventional explosive device to smash | two sufficiently sized balls of uranium together, and presto! You have | an a-bomb. There's god-knows how much Soviet weapons grade material | that nobody knows what happened to floating around as well, so that | takes care of your enrichening problem. | | If you're going to attack everyone who figures this out (no matter how | crazy they may want to be) you're going to be very very busy for a long | time. And how do you know where all of these supposed factories are? | What do you do when they are beneath apartment buildings or schools or | hospitals? And if you start bombing around, don't forget to duck when | the mail comes in back home. | | One person's religious fanatic is another person's leader. Someone else could argue that the USA is being run by lunatics too, threatening to invade countries that pose no threat to them. I missed where Iran where was threatening to blow up the world, or how that would be in Iran's interest. Countries all over the world enrich uranium, it is necessary for many types of power reactors, including the types used in USA. If you start attacking any country that you don't like because they are enriching uranium, where do you stop? Should we attack France, Armenia, Russia, Pakistan, China, North Korea, Kazakhstan, Cuba, etc. because they have nuclear programs? Start attacking Iran and they may find it in their best interests to close the Straits of Hormuz, or at least fire a missile at any oil tanker or navy ship that happens to wander by their front yard. But you already thought all of that through, right? |
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The President of Iran speaks openly of destroying Israel,
they whole world knows that the USA has gone out of its way to avoid death and war. The world also knows that we don't fight war to take territory. Since Viet Nam, we don't fight long wars. "Taylor" wrote in message ... | | Jim Macklin wrote: | | Iran is run by lunatics and they are threatening to blow up | the world while they are actively enriching uranium ore. | Why wait longer? | | "Taylor" wrote in message | ... | | | | | | Jim Macklin wrote: | | | | Would it be better to wait a few months or years for the | | religious fanatics to have a dozen or even hundred | nuclear | | weapons and the missiles needed to strike 1,000 miles or | | more? Almost all of Europe would be targeted and then | the | | world could have a two-sided nuclear war. France, | Italy, | | Germany, Russia, and Israel would all be attacked. The | USA | | might be safe from direct missile attack, but if you | know | | what will happen, why wait for the final step? | | | | We can use conventional bombs, but we also need to be | sure | | that the underground factories are destroyed and they | were | | designed to be hardened, nukes will do the job. | | | | So what? Everytime someone else figures out how to | construct a nuclear | | bomb you attack them? Look it's not really groundbreaking | technology | | anymore to make a fission bomb. The hardest part is to | enrich the | | uranium (because it's a complicated process that requires | a lot of | | advanced chemistry and centrifuge technology,, not to | mention a lot of | | uranium ore) or the other alternative is to use plutonium | (requires a | | more complicated bomb design due to unwanted Pu-240), or | maybe even | | thorium. Plutonium, as a Doc said, is a little harder to | come by if you | | don't have your own reactor. But basically if you have | enough U-235, | | all you need to do is construct a conventional explosive | device to smash | | two sufficiently sized balls of uranium together, and | presto! You have | | an a-bomb. There's god-knows how much Soviet weapons | grade material | | that nobody knows what happened to floating around as | well, so that | | takes care of your enrichening problem. | | | | If you're going to attack everyone who figures this out | (no matter how | | crazy they may want to be) you're going to be very very | busy for a long | | time. And how do you know where all of these supposed | factories are? | | What do you do when they are beneath apartment buildings | or schools or | | hospitals? And if you start bombing around, don't forget | to duck when | | the mail comes in back home. | | | | One person's religious fanatic is another person's leader. | | Someone else could argue that the USA is being run by lunatics too, | threatening to invade countries that pose no threat to them. I missed | where Iran where was threatening to blow up the world, or how that would | be in Iran's interest. Countries all over the world enrich uranium, it | is necessary for many types of power reactors, including the types used | in USA. If you start attacking any country that you don't like because | they are enriching uranium, where do you stop? Should we attack France, | Armenia, Russia, Pakistan, China, North Korea, Kazakhstan, Cuba, etc. | because they have nuclear programs? Start attacking Iran and they may | find it in their best interests to close the Straits of Hormuz, or at | least fire a missile at any oil tanker or navy ship that happens to | wander by their front yard. But you already thought all of that | through, right? | |
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On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:49:11 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
wrote: The world also knows that we don't fight war to take territory. ... but to defend your very best interests. Since Viet Nam, we don't fight long wars. since WWII there was no official war, you never declared war officialy since then. Check where your troops have been since WWII .... :-/ #m -- "We're out of toilet paper sir!" http://www.webcrunchers.com/crunch/Play/history/stories/toilet.html |
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I know very well, probably protecting your butt.
-- James H. Macklin ATP,CFI,A&P -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. some support http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties. "Martin Hotze" wrote in message ... | On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:49:11 -0500, "Jim Macklin" | wrote: | | The world also knows that we don't | fight war to take territory. | | .. but to defend your very best interests. | | Since Viet Nam, we don't fight | long wars. | | since WWII there was no official war, you never declared war officialy | since then. Check where your troops have been since WWII ..... :-/ | | #m | -- | "We're out of toilet paper sir!" | http://www.webcrunchers.com/crunch/Play/history/stories/toilet.html |
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